OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2012

OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2012

Best Picture - The Artist
Best Actor - Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Best Actress - Viola Davis in The Help (Sorry Meryl, you're still my favorite of all time)
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer in Beginners (even though I think that Max von Sydow was better in Extremely Loud)
Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer in The Help (although I think it should be Berenice Bejo in The Artist)
Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (mainly because the winner of Best Film typically gets Best Director as well.  But who knows, Scoresese's always a possibility!)
Best Original Screenplay - Midnight in Paris
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Descendants
Best Cinematography - War Horse
Best Art Direction - The Artist (though I think that Midnight in Paris deserves it)
Best Costumes - The Artist
Best Sound Mixing - War Horse
Best Editing - The Artist
Best Sound Editing - War Horse
Best Visual Effects - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Make-Up - The Iron Lady
Best Original Song - "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets
Best Original Score - Ludovic Bource for The Artist